Central Ohio Technical College
Pre-College Communications
Syllabus Part II
Winter Quarter 2002
Course Number: 1023
Course Title: Reading Skills
Course Description: Critical reading skills necessary for successful use of college level reading materials are the focus of this course. Critical reading and vocabulary building skills covered include features of textbooks, interpreting graphics, identifying main ideas and supporting details, textbook marking and annotating, vocabulary building, dictionary usage, and reading systems. This course may be taken concurrently with College Success Skills.
Course Credit: 3
Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisite: COMPASS or ASSET placement
1023 General Course Goals
1.00 The student should increase his/her reading comprehension.
2.00 The student should increase his/her reading rate.
3.00 The student should develop strategies for deciphering the meaning of unfamiliar words encountered in reading material.
4.00 The student should evaluate his/her current approach to study reading and develop skills in using study-reading systems.
5.00 The student should develop study-reading skills.
6.00 The student should identify and demonstrate use of special features in published material.
1023 Performance Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1.01 Identify the topic of a paragraph written at the 12th grade reading level.
1.02 Identify the main idea of a reading passage written at the 12th grade reading level.
1.03 Identify the supporting details of a reading passage written at the 12th grade reading level.
1.04 Draw conclusions by using information directly stated in the text.
1.05 Draw inferences by combining background information with information provided by the text to arrive at a new understanding.
1.06 Determine cause and effect relationships.
1.07 Follow a sequence of events in a written passage.
1.08 Use critical reading skills to make judgements in reading as to the worth of what is read according to an established standard.
1.09 Score at the 12th grade comprehension level on a standardized reading test.
2.01 Increase reading rate through the use of a variety of selected laboratory exercises.
2.02 Read phrases or sentences for complete meaning rather than individual words.
3.01 Use contextual clues to decipher the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase.
3.02 Use structural analysis to decipher the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase by identifying base or root words, prefixes and suffixes and their meanings.
3.03 Use a dictionary to determine the meaning, usage, syllabication, spelling, part of speech, pronunciation, and/or etymology of an unfamiliar word or word usage.
3.04 Locate in-text definitions.
4.01 Define PQ3R.
4.02 Demonstrate the use of PQ3R in study reading.
4.03 Define recitation.
4.04 Practice recitation orally, silently, and in writing.
4.05 Develop the skill of inference through the use of a variety of selected laboratory exercises.
5.01 List advantages of annotation a text.
5.02 Identify and utilize study questions and chapter summaries to guide study reading.
5.03 Skim reading material to locate main ideas.
5.04 Scan reading material to locate very specific pieces of information.
5.05 Demonstrate efficient highlighting or underlining of text readings.
5.06 Demonstrate efficient use of marginal annotation.
5.07 Define mapping.
5.08 Describe benefits of mapping in study reading.
5.09 Design a study map.
6.01 Define and locate the following parts of a textbook: preface, forward, or introduction, title page, copyright page, table of contents, glossary, index, appendix.
6.02 Recognize and use graphic devices such as bold face print, Italics, color coding, underlining, indenture and enumeration, to enhance understanding of main ideas, terms, definitions, and supporting details.
6.03 Interpret graphs, tables, and diagrams.
6.04 Locate in-text definitions.